Child’s Evening Hymn

NOW the day is over,  
 Night is drawing nigh,  
Shadows of the evening  
 Steal across the sky.  
 
Now the darkness gathers,  
 Stars begin to peep,  
Birds and beasts and flowers  
 Soon will be asleep.  
 
Jesu, give the weary  
 Calm and sweet repose;
With thy tenderest blessing  
 May our eyelids close.  
 
Grant to little children  
 Visions bright of thee;  
Guard the sailors tossing
 On the deep blue sea.  
 
Comfort every sufferer  
 Watching late in pain;  
Those who plan some evil  
 From their sin restrain.
 
Through the long night-watches  
 May thine angels spread  
Their white wings above me,  
 Watching round my bed.  
 
When the morning wakens,
 Then may I arise  
Pure and fresh and sinless  
 In thy holy eyes.  
 
Glory to the Father,  
 Glory to the Son,
And to thee, bless’d Spirit,  
 Whilst all ages run. AMEN